The drinks (or alcoholic energy drinks in general) have been banned on at least two university campuses, the Associated Press reports, and Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna is calling for the drinks to be banned. The Food and Drug Administration has been asked by several officials to review the safety of the beverages.

At the Central Washington University party, the students were taken to the hospital with blood-alcohol levels between 0.12 percent to 0.35 percent -- keep in mind that 0.30 percent is considered life-threatening. That night they had been drinking vodka, rum, beer and Four Loko, and no drugs were found in their systems, the AP reported.

The students ranged in age from 17 to 19, and reported being inexperienced drinkers. One of the female students almost died, the AP reported.

Four Loko is produced by Phusion Projects Inc., of Chicago. The company said in a statement that people have safely combined caffeine and alcohol for years.

You can read my previous blog post about Four Loko hitting college campuses, here. BlogPost also wrote about it, here. And you can read the full AP story, here.

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